cupuaçu

== English == === Noun === cupuaçu Alternative form of cupuassu == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === cupuaçú (1931-prescribed spelling) cupuassu, cupuassú, cupu-açu, cupu-açú, cupú-açú, cupu-assu, cupu-assú, cupú-assú (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Nheengatu kupuasú, from Old Tupi kupu'yûasu. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -u Hyphenation: cu‧pu‧a‧çu === Noun === cupuaçu m (plural cupuaçus) (Brazil) cupuassu (Theobroma grandiflorum, a tree of South America) Synonym: cupuaçuzeiro the fruit of the cupuassu tree, used to make a confectionery similar to chocolate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: cupuassu → Spanish: cupuazú === Further reading === “cupuaçu”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cupuaçu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026